Introducing the Mellorater—The Five Domains Model in a Welfare Monitoring App for Animal Guardians

Authors: Cristina L. Wilkins, Paul D. McGreevy, Suzanne M. Cosh, Cathrynne Henshall, Bidda Jones, Amy D. Lykins, William Billingsley

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal husbandry, end-of-life decisions, quality of life, welfare assessment

2024

The voice of choice: A scoping review of choice-based animal welfare studies

Authors: Kelli Rust, Isabella Clegg, Eduardo J. Fernandez

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, animal wellbeing, applied animal behaviour, captive environments, choice

2024

The Voice of Choice: A Scoping Review of Choice-Based Animal Welfare Studies

Authors: Kelli Rust, Isabella Clegg, Eduardo J. Fernandez

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, animal wellbeing, applied animal behaviour, captive environments, choice

2024

Blood biochemistry parameters of Broad snouted caiman, Caiman latirostris subjected to stress conditions, appliying micro-volume techniques

Authors: María Soledad Moleón, Gonzalo Santiago, Samuel Hilevski, Pablo Ariel Siroski

Publication/Journal: Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology

Keywords: albumin, broad-snouted-caiman, glucose, stress, total protein

2023

Communication from the Zoo: Reports from Zoological Facilities of the Impact of COVID-19 Closures on Animals

Authors: Violet Hunton, Jessica Rendle, Anne Carter, Ellen Williams

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: communication, COVID-19, keeper-animal interactions, social media, visitor–animal interactions, zoo closures

2022

Primate cognition in zoos: Reviewing the impact of zoo‐based research over 15 years

Authors: Emma S McEwen, Elizabeth Warren, Sadie Tenpas, Benjamin Jones, Kresimir Durdevic, Emilie Rapport Munro, Josep Call

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: cognition, primate, zoo

2022

Goal-oriented behavioural and environmental enrichment in aquarium species

Authors: Tania Monreal-Pawlowsky, Ruta Vaicekauskaitė, Gemma Palencia Membrive, Fabienne Delfour, Xavier Manteca

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: animal welfare, aquatic species, behavioral diversity, behavioral needs, environmental enrichment, species-specific behaviors

2021

Goal-oriented behavioural and environmental enrichment in aquarium species

Authors: Tania Monreal-Pawlowsky, Ruta Vaicekauskaitė, Gemma Palencia Membrive, Fabienne Delfour, Xavier Manteca

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: animal welfare, aquatic species, behavioural diversity, behavioural needs, environmental enrichment, species-specific behaviors

2021

Goal-oriented behavioural and environmental enrichment in aquarium species

Authors: Tania Monreal-Pawlowsky, Ruta Vaicekauskaitė, Gemma Palencia Membrive, Fabienne Delfour, Xavier Manteca

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: animal welfare, aquatic species, behavioral diversity, behavioral needs, environmental enrichment, species-specific behaviors

2021

Physical enrichment research for captive fish: time to focus on the DETAILS

Authors: Nick AR Jones, Mike Webster, Anne Gro Vea Salvanes

Publication/Journal: Journal of Fish Biology

Keywords: environmental complexity, environmental enrichment, fish husbandry, fish welfare, structural complexity., structural enrichment

2021

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